Roseville, CA - (September 25, 2010) - All American Speedway's Open Show brought exciting racing Saturday night in Roseville. 2010 NASCAR Whelen Late Model champion Matt Scott, after getting caught up in a wreck in the first laps of the race, was able to go on and win the 75-lap Late Model feature race.
"We got a fender rub right when the 05 and 50 wrecked," Scott said. "I saw the smoke coming up. They red-flagged the race, which really helped us in the long run. We came back out on the track and I didn't want to be cocky, but I told my team this one is ours. The team worked hard back in the pits this whole season. We came out here looking for a win and we got one."
At the green flag, Jason Fensler took the lead. On lap eight, Eric Schmidt took the lead and then he and Mike David got in to each other pretty hard coming out of turn four, and Scott was hit hard on the right side during the melee. On the restart, Schmidt and Fensler made hard contact going in turn three, ending up in the wall and bringing out another caution. Fensler dropped oil around three-quarters of the track which brought out a red flag. Scott went to the pits, and Fensler went to the pits ending his night. Schmidt also pitted with no right side, and David pitted.
The lineup on the restart was Jonathan Mawhinney, Cameron Haley, Andrew Murray, Michelle Nagai, Brian Hickey, Schmidt, David, and Scott. Schmidt exited off the track on lap 10 with problems from his previous wreck and that ended his night.
Schmidt raced extremely aggressively during the first laps of the race, as did David and Fensler.
On lap 17 Scott was up to second, followed by Haley. On lap 23, Scott took the lead when Mawhinney went high between turns one and two. Nagai and David get together spinning Nagai. Both are sent to the rear.
On the restart, Scott and Mawhinney racing side by side with Scott getting the edge and leading for the rest of the race to take the checkered flag. Mawhinney was second, Hayley third, Nagai fourth and David fifth.
Bill McAnally Racing had some interesting things going on for the race. Hayley, from Canada, is just 14 years old, and Andrew Murray, driving the No. 18 BMR car is only 13. McAnally also brought out the KCRA channel three car with Hickey behind the wheel, giving Hickey some practice laps before the media race during the K&N Pro Series West, SRL Spears Southwest Tour race weekend at AAS on October 16.
Scott Winters took the checkered flag in the 60-lap Modified race. Jason Philpot led from lap 12 until lap 39, before Winters got around him and led the last 20 laps. Jinkerson finished third, Rich Lindgrem fourth, and Mikey Regelmen was fifth.
"After a strong season in 2010 and winning the Modified Championship, it's always just fantastic to back it up with the Open Show," Winters said. "Everyone gets to come out and experiment with different things and the rules are a little more open. Jason [Philpot] is strong every week. He gave us a run for our money tonight, but once we got the lead we could pull away."
Mickey Owens dominated the Street Stock race and won the 35-lap feature race. After leading laps five and eight, he took the number one position for good on lap 12. The 2010 Street Stock champion from Ukiah, Terry Pittman was in the show and in the early laps gave Owens a run for the money. On lap 21, Pittman spun hard bringing out a caution, and Pittman had to be towed off the track. Rick Poppert and Sammy Solari put on some great side-by-side racing with Solari getting ahead of Poppert for second. Solari could not get to Owens and had to settle for second. Poppert finished third, Wayne Crossland fourth, and Travis Henry finished fifth.
There was some exciting racing in Bombers with rookie Matt Camp getting the victory. Keith Hopkinson led from lap two until lap 21, and then Camp got into first and led the last four laps to take the checkered flag. Hopkinson finished second, Eric Bocksberger third, and Jill Schmidt fourth.
"It was a fun race," Camp said. "It feels good. My first Open Show and I won. We had some good competition and we did a little bit of bumping, but tried to keep it clean. Everybody was a good sport about it. We were trying to make it a little entertaining." Camp said he plans on competing in more Open Shows, then come back next year and race at AAS again.
On Saturday, October 16, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West and the SRL Southwest Tour race will be held at All American Speedway. A local media race will also be held at the event, featuring local radio and television stars making up the field. 2009 defending champion Brian Hickey will again pilot the number 3 KCRA car in hopes of winning again. For more information go to: www.billmcanallyracing.com.
On October 30, AAS will host the Pumpkin Smash Enduro race. For more information go to: www.allamericanspeedway.com.
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